CommercialHoneywell to Provide Avionics to AWAS Honeywell will provide a suite of its safety and navigational avionics, as well as its Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), to aircraft leasing company AWAS. The avionics provided in the contract include IntuVue…
MilitaryBoeing Submits Proposal for KC-10 Upgrades Boeing said it submitted a proposal to the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the cockpits of its fleet of 59 KC-10 Extender tanker/transport aircraft. The proposal covers engineering and manufacturing development, production…
ATM ModernizationNextGen Task Force Seeks ‘Applicants’ The RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force recently assembled a “user validation” meeting in Memphis, Tenn., to determine which new operational capabilities airspace users would be willing to implement. Another such meeting is…
ATM ModernizationITT Awarded FAA ATC Contract ITT Corp. was awarded a $66.8 million contract by FAA's Air Traffic Organization-Terminal (ATO-T) to define, engineer, and implement the next generation of airport terminal air traffic control systems. Airport terminal operations…
ATM ModernizationAvionics, RTCA Team On NextGen Conference Avionics Magazine and aviation advisory and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to disseminate the recommendations of the NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force to the aviation community. The Task Force recommendations will be…
CommercialUS Airways Signs With Aircell US Airways announced plans Thursday to equip its aircraft with in-flight Web capabilities, signing a deal with Aircell to provide Gogo service beginning in 2010. Full Internet access including Web, instant messaging,…
CommercialUniversal Avionics on BAe ATP Universal Avionics, of Tucson, Ariz., and its marketing alliance partner DAC International will provide glass cockpit upgrades to a fleet of British Aerospace (BAe) ATP aircraft operated by West Atlantic. West Atlantic…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded ATFLIR Pact Raytheon was awarded a $41.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of 14 full rate production lot six Swiss Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods and associated…